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A lock box assembly is mountable to a vehicle to receive an item to be protected and to affix a license plate thereto. The lock box apparatus comprises an elongated housing formed by an anchoring plate and a door and having an interior sized to receive the protected item. The anchoring plate has a p

A lock box assembly is mountable to a vehicle to receive an item to be protected and to affix a license plate thereto. The lock box apparatus comprises an elongated housing formed by an anchoring plate and a door and having an interior sized to receive the protected item. The anchoring plate has a pair of anchoring holes that are alignable with installation holes on the vehicle so that the anchoring plate may be mounted to the vehicle. The door is pivotally mounted to the anchoring plate between a closed position enclosing the interior and preventing access to the protected item and an opened position exposing the interior and permitting access to the protected item. The door is provided with a pair of door holes registerable with cooperative holes in the license plate so that the license plate may be affixed thereto. A latching assembly latches the door to the anchoring plate and has a secured state whereby the door is disposed in the closed position and an unsecured state whereby the door is movable between the closed and opened positions thereby to allow access to the protected item.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A lock box apparatus adapted for mounting onto a mounting structure for a license plate of a motor vehicle and for affixing the license plate thereto, the license plate having a pair of spaced apart license plate holes disposed in a margin portion of the license plate, the mounting

[ I claim:] [1.] A lock box apparatus adapted for mounting onto a mounting structure for a license plate of a motor vehicle and for affixing the license plate thereto, the license plate having a pair of spaced apart license plate holes disposed in a margin portion of the license plate, the mounting structure having a pair of spaced apart installation holes adapted to register with the pair of license plate holes and to matably receive a respective one of a pair of mounting fasteners, the lock box apparatus comprising:(a) an elongated housing formed by an anchoring plate and a door and having an interior sized and adapted to receive an item to be protected, the mounting fasteners and a pair of license plate fasteners, said anchoring plate having a first pair of anchoring holes extending therethrough and adapted to receive the mounting fasteners so that, when the pair of installation holes and anchoring holes register with each other, each mounting fastener can extend through registered ones of the installation holes and anchoring holes and be fastened thereby installing said housing onto the mounting structure, said door pivotally mounted to said anchoring plate and operative to move between a closed position to enclose said interior thereby preventing access to the item to be protected and the mounting fasteners and an opened position to expose said interior thereby permitting access to the item to be protected and the mounting fasteners, said door having a pair of door holes extending therethrough which are sized and adapted to receive a respective one of the license plate fasteners whereby the pair of door holes and license plate holes may be registered with each other so that each license plate fastener may extend through registered ones of the door holes and license plate holes and be fastened thereby to affix the license plate to said door in such a manner that said door may be concealed from view; and(b) a latching assembly permanently disposed within said interior, said latching assembly adapted to latch said door to said anchoring plate, said latching assembly having a secured state whereby said door is disposed onto said anchoring plate in the closed position thereby preventing access to the item to be protected and the mounting fasteners within said interior of said housing and an unsecured state whereby said door is movable between the closed and opened positions thereby allowing access to the item to be protected and the mounting fasteners within said interior of said housing.